Chapter 25 remember?

You opened your eyes and met the darkness around you. You looked to your side and saw the sleeping professor laying next to you, his face covered in tearstains. Next to him was luke also sleeping, having an arm around the professors shoulder. On the other side were aliya and flora who seemed to be having a conversation about the past.

You groaned slightly when you felt a huge wave of warmth coming over you. Your face flustered. You sat up and tried to remember what happened. You thought about Claire….you sure hoped it worked. Flora let out a yelp when she saw you and immediately sprang into your arms for a big hug. You chuckled as the professor and luke awoke from flora's jolt. They sat up too and gasped. Luke copied flora's action and the professor hold on to you for a while saying sweet and cute stuff. You kissed him on the lips and smiled.

''I'm alright you guys, don't be so afraid'' you giggled.

Aliya stood close by admiring what she saw.

''what happened, you weren't breathing for a while'' luke said still eying to be shocked.

''well….it's a long story'' you sighed.

''take it easy my love'' the professor said lovingly.

You cuddled up against him. A new wave of warmth came over you as you broke the embrace.

''sorry…I'm just feeling really warm'' you said.

you excused yourself to the bathroom for a moment and hung above the toilet. You felt like you were going to throw up.

''honey are you alright''? the professor called from the other side of the door.

''I'm fine…'' you lied.

''uhg…why do I have to feel this way now''? you thought.

The feeling went away eventually as you splashed some water in your face. You looked in the mirror. You looked at yourself, no you looked at an older version of yourself, the 26- year old version. You really hoped you looked that way in the real world ones you were 26. A new wave came over you but the sickness was gone. You were sweating bullets. Maybe a cold shower would help.

''hershel…I'm gonna take a quick shower if you don't mind'' you called.

''no problem, take your time'' he called back.

As you said you took off your clothes and opened the curtains to the shower . You sighed as the cold water made contact with your skin. It felt good….but it didn't help much though. After 10 minutes of showering you dried yourself of and got dressed. You opened the door and walked inside the bedroom. The rest were sitting on a few armchairs smiling and talking with each other. You looked and aliya who seemed to be having the time of her life. You looked at the professor who casually joked about luke. Flora was keeping a close eye on aliya, and luke pouted his mouth of the joke of the professor. They were happy. What if aliya was the chosen one? You would be still at home maybe playing the game again. Then you wouldn't have gone true this adventures. You wouldn't have got so many life experience. You wouldn't have met luke and flora and…..the professor. What if the professor had fallen in love with aliya? Was that the missing quality you did have and aliya didn't? so many question, not enough answers. Flora noticed you and welcomed you back. The rest also did this as you sat down on another armchair. They all looked at you. You looked around and smiled nervous.

''what…''? you asked.

''uhm…well..you almost died and we would like an explanation'' luke said calm.

You smiled.

''ow yeah sure…''.

you explained everything, about jovi and your soul drifting away. You didn't knew if you had to tell hershel about seeing Claire, so you said it was a spirit you couldn't see clear. They all understood and believed you. Aliya's eyes went bigger true the story. When you were done all of you fell into a thick silence. Aliya was the first one to speak up.

''do you remember me''? she asked.

the professor looked to her and shook his head.

''I'm sorry….I don't remember a single thing of you my dear'' he told.

Flora and luke shook their heads and aliya sighed.

''too bad…''.

jovi came out of no were and jumped onto you lap. He laid down and spinned softly. You smiled at him and hugged him close.

''come on jovi…help me out here buddy'' you whispered.

a new wave of warmth came over you, but it was different from the others. Instead of just making you feel warm all over it also gave you a tinkling at the top of your fingers. You looked at you fingers and slightly touched them. You concentrate and your fingers slightly lit up.

''try it'' the voice of Claire echoed in your head.

you stood up and walked flora. The rest looked at you with curiosity.

''flora…may I try something''? you asked careful.

''of course'' she nodded.

You placed your index finger on her fore head and another finger on her heart. You closed your eyes and concentrated. You heard aliya gasp behind you.

''your gonna…'' she said.

you let your thoughts drift off into the deepest of your mind. You thought about aliya, Claire and the professor. They were all so important in this issue. You felt the warmth, that was still in you body, float towards your fingers. It was like they were trying to escape. Your eyes lit up and so did the ones of flora( wow and flora has some big ass eyes). the warmth eventually broke free true your finger into flora's heart and forehead.

You had to hold on until it was out of your body, you knew you had to, but it was hard. Very hard indeed. Finally the pressure of the warmth was gone as you could break the contact with flora and sit down on your chair. You let out a deep and cracking sigh. The professor stood up and leaned in front of you.

''are you okay'' he asked.

you looked up and smiled.

''yeah…'' you answered.

Luke did the same thing with flora but she didn't answer.

''professah….something wrong with flora'' he said softly.

The professor and you walked to flora and tried to wake her up. Her eyes were open but no sign of life was seen. Aliya also stood up and walked up besides her. She leaned close to her ear and placed her hands on her shoulders.

''flora…wake up my dear'' aliya whispered.

flora's eyes began to shine lightly and she breathed in slowly. She closed her eyes while a single teardrop made its way down her cheek.

''A…Ali….Aliya'' flora mumbled.

She opened her eyes and looked at aliya. She looked in her eyes for a couple of minutes. She stood up and threw herself into aliya's arms.

''I remember…'' she cried.

You smiled at the sight, it was cute, very cute. Aliya began crying too. the professor and luke just stood there with a small smile plastered on their faces. You felt another wave coming up and told luke to sit down. He did what he was asked while your repeated the same action on luke. again it worked. After you were done and sat down again, exhausted, it took longer to wake luke up than with flora. Aliya had to say many things to eventually make him wake up. He also stared at her for a moment and threw his arms around her middle. The professor smiled and looked at you. He grabbed your hand and squeezed it slightly.

''you okay, not to tired''? he asked.

you shook your head and sighed.

''I…I think I can g…go one more time'' you said pushing yourself harder than you actually should.

The professor sat down while you inhaled deeply. You placed your hand on his chest and closed your eyes. you also placed your other hand on his forehead and concentrated. Your mind was almost…empty except for the thoughts needed. The warmth formed into the palm of your hand and began building up pressure. You inhaled ones more, getting a more stronger feeling than with luke and flora. You frowned. The warmth didn't flew true your finger, no, it was still building. It began to hurt. You grinded your teeth and began sweating a little bit. After a moment you also began panting, no it was more hyperventilating.

''too….much….feelings'' Claire's voice said in the back of your mind.

You kept pushing, you wanted him to remember…you wanted aliya to be happy again, whatever the cost.

''stop…before it's too late'' Claire said but you didn't listen.

Your world turned black. You opened your eyes still focusing on hershel. He was there…before you, his hands on your shoulder. He was looking at you and smiling. You took his hands in yours. You were alone together in this black space. You couldn't speak, you still were in great pain. He leaned forward and kissed you softly.

''thank you…'' was heard.

You let go of his hands and fainted. What were you to expect?

Flashback

You were sitting in the living room with your parents. They were smiling and talking. You looked out of the window, thinking of the new game of professor Layton that was going to be released. you sighed.

''is everything alright my dear''? your father asked.

You turned your head to the side.

''yeah…fine dad…just thinking that's all'' you answered.

''what were you thinking of sweetie''? your mother asked.

''I dunno…I just have the strange feeling, something is going to happen soon, something big'' you said.

''don't put too much thought in it my dear, just let it happen'' your father said.

''yes it will happen eventually'' you mother said.

you smiled.

'' I guess so..''.

you went up to your room and let yourself fall on the bed. You sighed again.

''whatever happens….don't stop believing, keep on pushing, just let it come to you'' you said to yourself.

That was the thing your grandfather said to you many times. You father didn't say the exact same thing but it looked like it. It made you think even more about life. You rolled over to you belly and looked at you clock.

''just let it come to you…'' you thought before you closed your eyes and fell asleep…

End of flashback

You opened your eyes to find yourself in front of the professor. He was staring at you and holding your hands tight.

''wha…what happened''? you asked.

''you…began screaming first, and then you told me to hold your hands…..and you didn't want me to let go'' he said.

you frowned.

''okay….that doesn't make any sense'' you said.

he chuckled.

''and at last you told us all….to just let it come..'' he said and looked to the ground.

''what were you talking about''? flora asked.

you looked at her and shook you head.

''I have no idea''.

You looked at aliya and professor.

''hershel…so you…''? you asked.

he smiled and nodded.

''I remember…''.

End of chapter 25
kind of dramatic ^^
I like to write that, I dunno it's just fun :D
just like fluff, that's fun too :P
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